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The Last Jedi Is the Best Star Wars Flick Since Empire
The Last Jedi Is
the Best Star Wars
Flick Since Empire
MOVIE REVIEW
Dec 15, 2017 7:51 AM CST

The Last Jedi Is the Best Star Wars Flick Since Empire

One critic calls it 'simply stupendous'

(Newser) - What is arguably the most anticipated film of the year has arrived in force. Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the first in the series from writer-director Rian Johnson, is sure to kill at the box office regardless of reviews. But Disney will be happy, anyway. Critics say The Last Jedi,...

10 Most, Least Popular Star Wars Characters

Darth Vader is No. 1; only the biggest fans will know any of the least favorites

(Newser) - Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in wide release on Friday, meaning social media feeds are already jammed with movie reviews, theories, and reminiscences about previous films in the franchise. What is bound to pop up: heated arguments about who's the most beloved (or hated) Star Wars character ever,...

Jada Pinkett Smith Blasts Globes for Snub, Gets Pushback

Actress says HFPA ignored 'Girls Trip,' but sources say there was a screening, other HFPA outreach

(Newser) - The latest class of Golden Globe nominees were announced this week, and People and EW.com , report that Jada Pinkett Smith Twitter-blasted the Hollywood Foreign Press Association after Tiffany Haddish, her co-star in the comedy Girls Trip, didn't receive a nod. But Pinkett Smith says it's not that...

Here Are Your Golden Globe Nominees
Here Are Your 
Golden Globe Nominees
Dec 11, 2017 10:11 AM CST

Here Are Your Golden Globe Nominees

'The Shape of Water' leads the pack with 7 nominations

(Newser) - Guillermo del Toro's Cold War-era fairy tale The Shape of Water earned a leading seven nominations from the Golden Globes, while the HBO drama Big Little Lies led the television nominees with six nods. In what's been seen as a wide-open Oscar race so far, several films followed...

Saudis Lift 35-Year Cinema Ban
Saudis Lift 35-Year Cinema Ban
Dec 11, 2017 12:11 AM CST

Saudis Lift 35-Year Cinema Ban

Clerics stamped movies out decades ago

(Newser) - Saudis are going to be allowed to go to the movies for the first time since ET, Annie, and Blade Runner were in the cinemas. Saudi Arabian authorities have announced that as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's reform program, movie theaters, which have been banned for at...

Greta Garbo Letters Reveal &#39;Almost Unbearable&#39; Sadness
Greta Garbo Letters Reveal
'Almost Unbearable' Sadness
in case you missed it
Dec 9, 2017 12:25 PM CST

Greta Garbo Letters Reveal 'Almost Unbearable' Sadness

Swedish letters, photo album expected to fetch up to $27K at auction

(Newser) - She's a legend in Hollywood, but Greta Garbo apparently didn't feel like one. Some 36 letters written by Garbo to a Swedish countess whom she met in the 1930s and enjoyed a lifelong friendship with reveal the movie star to be "heartbreakingly different from the sociable, jolly...

It&#39;s a &#39;Nearly Flawless Program&#39; for I, Tonya
Robbie's Harding
Is the 'Performance
of a Lifetime'
MOVIE REVIEW
Dec 8, 2017 9:25 AM CST

Robbie's Harding Is the 'Performance of a Lifetime'

She's a 'revelation' and 'a powerhouse,' says one reviewer

(Newser) - You may think you know Tonya Harding, the US figure skater whose career was ruined when she was associated with an attack on her rival, Nancy Kerrigan, ahead of the 1994 US Figure Skating Championships. But Craig Gillespie's I, Tonya might convince you otherwise. Presented as a faux documentary,...

Queen Biopic Director: Caring for Sick Parent Got Me Fired

20th Century Fox to name new director of 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

(Newser) - Bryan Singer, the director who faced allegations of sexual assault before the dawn of the #metoo movement, has been fired from Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. In announcing the dismissal Monday, 20th Century Fox blamed the "unexpected unavailability" of Singer, noting production had come to a halt on Dec. 1....

James Franco &#39;Superb&#39; in Disaster Artist
Franco, Disaster Artist
Pull Off an Amazing Feat
MOVIE REVIEW
Dec 1, 2017 10:50 AM CST

Franco, Disaster Artist Pull Off an Amazing Feat

They turn 'trash into art'

(Newser) - Determined to make it in Hollywood despite an avalanche of rejections, Tommy Wiseau set out to make a movie of his own. The Room , released in 2003, is arguably one of the worst movies ever made. But the same can't be said of James Franco's The Disaster Artist,...

Daniel Day-Lewis Isn't Regretting His Decision to Quit Acting

Even if he hasn't quite figured it yet

(Newser) - Daniel Day-Lewis surprised the film industry and his legions of fans with the announcement earlier this year that he was done with acting. The 60-year-old didn't explain why, and in an interview with W , he sheds little new light on the decision—because he says he doesn't quite...

Pixar Finds Its Groove Again With Coco
Coco Is a Feast for
the Eyes and Ears
MOVIE REVIEW
Nov 24, 2017 10:09 AM CST

Coco Is a Feast for the Eyes and Ears

Anthony Gonzalez 'can sing like nobody's business'

(Newser) - A 12-year-old boy with music in his heart finds himself transported to the Land of the Dead in Pixar's first feature film with a minority lead character, co-directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina. Giving the film a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes , critics are singing its praises:
  • "
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Orient Express No Match for Thor at Box Office

In fact, Daddy's Home 2 finished in second place

(Newser) - The God of Thunder isn't ready to relinquish his box office throne yet. Studios on Sunday estimate that Thor: Ragnarok added $56.6 million from North American theaters in its second weekend in theaters, bringing its domestic total to $211.6 million. It easily beat out new openers including...

Three Billboards Could Bring Oscar No. 2 for McDormand
Three Billboards'
McDormand 'Will
Blow You Away'
MOVIE REVIEW
Nov 10, 2017 11:20 AM CST

Three Billboards' McDormand 'Will Blow You Away'

Cue the Oscar buzz for this 'renegade masterpiece'

(Newser) - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri stars Frances McDormand as a woman who swears a whole lot more than a sailor. She also happens to be grieving over the unsolved murder of her daughter, which prompts her to erect three billboards highlighting what she views as police incompetence. The flick , written...

Critics Groups Blacklist Disney Films Over LA Times Tiff
Disney Backs Down
in Tiff With LA Times
UPDATED
Nov 7, 2017 4:41 PM CST

Disney Backs Down in Tiff With LA Times

After critics groups, other media outlets threatened repercussions

(Newser) - The Walt Disney Company backed down Tuesday and will once again grant film critics from the Los Angeles Times access to advanced press screenings after a number of news outlets—including the New York Times and AV Club—announced they would boycott screenings in solidarity, the New York Times reports....

Critics Are Absolutely Dazzled by Lady Bird
Critics Are Absolutely
Dazzled by Lady Bird
MOVIE REVIEW
Nov 3, 2017 11:27 AM CDT

Critics Are Absolutely Dazzled by Lady Bird

Greta Gerwig's solo directorial debut is getting near unanimous raves

(Newser) - Actress Greta Gerwig makes her solo directorial debut in Lady Bird , a film she wrote based on her experience growing up in Sacramento. But don't expect it to feel like a first attempt. The film following a year in the life of a teenage girl played by Saoirse Ronan,...

Full Cast of New Lion King Movie Revealed

Beyonce's excited about joining project

(Newser) - The full cast of the upcoming Disney live action and CGI remake of The Lion King has been revealed—and it includes Queen B as Nala. Beyonce posted a photo of the cast on Facebook on Wednesday, with the caption #TheLionKing 2019, E! Online reports. Other cast members in Jungle ...

Green Code That Opens The Matrix Is Surprisingly Mundane

Simon Whiteley shares its origins

(Newser) - If you're the type who would take the blue pill and would prefer to "just wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe," stop reading. If you want to discover the truth about a mystery of The Matrix, pop the hypothetical red pill...

Clooney&#39;s Suburbicon Is &#39;Tone-Deaf&#39; Failure
Clooney's Suburbicon
Is 'Tone-Deaf' Failure
MOVIE REVIEW
Oct 27, 2017 8:53 AM CDT

Clooney's Suburbicon Is 'Tone-Deaf' Failure

Critics call it 'shameful,' 'strikingly bad'

(Newser) - You'd think only good fun could come from George Clooney directing Matt Damon in Suburbicon . Apparently not so. The satire touching on murder, fraud, and also racism in 1950s suburbia has just a 29% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes . Here's what they're saying.
  • "There's
...

Mark Wahlberg Sorry He Played Well-Endowed Porn Star

Catholic actor has prayed to God for forgiveness for his role in 1997's 'Boogie Nights'

(Newser) - Mark Wahlberg says he hopes God will forgive him for his turn as a porn star in PT Anderson's 1997 film Boogie Nights. Wahlberg told the Chicago Tribune ahead of an event with Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich on Friday that he hopes "God is a movie fan and...

Critics Have Nothing Warm to Say About The Snowman
Critics Have Nothing
Warm to Say About
The Snowman
MOVIE REVIEW
Oct 20, 2017 10:35 AM CDT

Critics Have Nothing Warm to Say About The Snowman

Critics pick apart the plot of this 'thrill-free thriller'

(Newser) - The Snowman, a film about a detective on the trail of a serial killer slogging around chilly Norway, is getting, well, a wintry reception. And that's putting it kindly. The Tomas Alfredson-directed film, based on the best-selling novel by Norwegian Jo Nesbo, currently has an abysmal 12% rating from...

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